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Contoured Snowfall Totals from March 2, 1996

STORM DESCRIPTION Another coastal storm brought heavy snow to New Jersey.  This storm continued the pattern begun by the previous storm in breaking local winter snowfall records. Synoptic Discussion A low pressure center developed in the South Carolina coastal waters on the morning of the 1st.  It moved north during the next two days and was 200 miles off the coast of Cape Hattaras at dawn on the 2nd and about 150 miles east of Atlantic City during the afternoon.  Its track was far enough off-shore to place the axis of heavy snow across New Jersey, with very little falling further west. Local Discussion Snow started between midnight and 6 am EST on the 2nd and fell at a heavy clip almost from the start.  The heavy snow was over by noon.  Accumulations of 6 to 8 inches were common in the southern half of the state from Burlington and Ocean counties south.  Around 6 inches of snow fell in Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties, while 4 to 5 inches fell in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Morris, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties.  Only 2 to 4 inches fell in Sussex and Warren counties.

New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from March 2, 1996

Regional Snowfall Totals

Snow Totals from 2300Z 2 March 1996 (6PM EST 2 March 1996)

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